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nose. Chloe always wondered why he hadn’t gone into modeling.
    Chloe ordered a non-fat Frappucino and sat down.
    “ So I think we’re going to find out who the star is today,” she said excitedly.
    Jae-Jae clapped his hands together. “Matthew! Matthew! Matthew!” he chanted.
    “ I hope its John Stamos,” she said dreamily.
    Jae-Jae made a face. “Uncle Jesse? He’s such a has-been. He’s been doing all those lame yogurt commercials lately. What the eff?”
    Chloe loved how Jae-Jae refused to cuss and instead pronounced only the beginning letters of the words. He commonly referred to Alec’s ex-lover as “the wretched B” instead of bitch.  
    “ Well I don’t think it would be Matthew McConaughey. Didn’t he just have another baby?” she asked, taking a big sip of her drink.
    “ Well, I don’t think he actually had the baby, but yes, I believe his wife did.”
    Chloe narrowed her eyes. “Smart ass.”
    “ Well, I’m dying with anticipation,” he said overdramatically. “I want you to text me the second you know.”
    “ Will do.”
    Chloe noticed that Jae-Jae looked particularly chipper this morning and high in spirits. She narrowed her eyes again. “Did you and Alec… you know?”
she asked.
    “ If you mean screw like a pair of rabbits in heat, then yes we did,” he said cheerfully, smiling a wide satisfied smile.
    Chloe shook her head ruefully. “You are too much,” she paused, taking in how happy her friend looked. “How is Alec?”
    Chloe had always liked Alec, even though Ben wasn’t crazy about him. He was originally from Russia, and still had a slight accent, which Chloe loved. Ben couldn’t understand how Jae-Jae could be attracted to someone twenty years older, but Chloe was a firm believer that love had no age. Alec was dashing and handsome and he treated Jae-Jae like gold. She was happy Jae-Jae had found him.
    “ Did you know Annie’s pregnant again?” Jae-Jae asked, sipping his drink.
    Chloe slammed her cup down. “No!”
    Jae-Jae shrugged. “I thought you would have known.”
    “ She doesn’t tell me much anymore,” Chloe said, a slight note of resentment in her voice. The friends hadn’t left on the best of terms and Annie had seemed to throw herself back into her old suburban life after leaving New York. She began dating one of their old high school classmates immediately, and married him quickly. Chloe had been in the wedding, but she felt like she had been asked out of obligation and not because Annie had wanted her there.
    Annie was pregnant within four months of her wedding date, and her daughter was only five or six months old.
    “ Barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen,” Jae-Jae sang.
    Chloe was still shocked over Annie’s quickly expanding family. She glanced at her watch.
    “ Shit! I’ve got five minutes!”
    She hopped up and kissed Jae-Jae on the cheek. “Let’s do dinner soon. I miss Alec!”
    “ You’re sweet. I would say I miss Ben, but I don’t.”
    Chloe swatted him. She knew that Jae-Jae was only half-joking. Jae-Jae had never come out and said he didn’t like Ben, but he had alluded to the fact that he didn’t think she and Ben were right for each other. Jae-Jae, not so surprisingly, thought Ben was too jealous.
    “ Love you!” Chloe called out as she left.
    Jae-Jae blew her a kiss.
    Chloe dashed the two blocks to the studio, desperate for word on who the star was. This was also their last day before moving to the Booth; on Monday morning they would be in their actual rehearsal space. Over the past two weeks, the tech crew had been busy at work building the set.
    Chloe burst into the space to find five other expectant faces. Ni gave a discreet shake of the head to let Chloe know that she hadn’t missed the announcement yet. Edward was all but bouncing on his heels, he seemed so excited.
    “ So,” Edward began dramatically, “Now that we’re all here ,” he said, giving Chloe a pointed look, “I am beyond thrilled over who we have